Historical Markers in Dallas, Texas

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• Dallas City Hall, 1914-1978placed 1978

  In May 1910 Dallas officials determined that the City Hall, then situated on the northwest corner of Commerce and Akard Streets, had become too small…

• Governor W. Lee O'Danielplaced 1981

  (March 11, 1890 - May 11, 1969) A native of Ohio, Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel grew up in Kansas.

• Highland Oaks Church of Christplaced 2005

  On August 6, 1855, a group came together in the small community of Dallas and formed a Christian Church congregation.

• Officer J.D. Tippitplaced 2012

  On November 22, 1963, at this intersection, Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit was murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald, 45 minutes after President John…

• Alexander Cockrell / Sarah Horton Cockrellplaced 1973

  Alexander Cockrell (June 8, 1820 - April 3, 1858) Sarah Horton Cockrell (Jan. 13, 1819 - April 26, 1892) Alexander Cockrell came to Dallas area in…

• Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2896placed 2004

  Soon after President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, he established what would become the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal…

Dallas on the Texas history calendar

• April 3: Alexander Cockrell / Sarah Horton Cockrell
• July 10: Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2896
• October 17: Dallas City Hall, 1914-1978
• September 12: Demonstration of the First Working Integrated Circuit
• November 2: First Juries to Sit Women in Dallas County
• March 11: Governor W. Lee O'Daniel
• August 6: Highland Oaks Church of Christ
• November 22: Officer J.D. Tippit

All 223 historical markers in Dallas

• 1910 Lynching of Allen Brooks2020
• A. H. Belo Corporation1992
• A.H. Belo House1980
• Abraham Carver Cemetery1985
• Adolphus Hotel1981
• Ahab Bowen Home1982
• Albert Carver Cemetery1985
• Aldredge House1982
• Alexander Cockrell / Sarah Horton Cockrell1973
• Alexander Mansion1968
• Anderson Bonner2020
• Barton Warren Stone1986
• Baylor College of Dentistry2004
• Baylor University Medical Center2002
• Beeman Memorial Cemetery1984
• Big Spring2014
• Bilbo Jitney Line, Headquarters Site1974
• Bromberg House2023
• Browder Springs1968
• Buckner Baptist Children's Home1983
• Buckner Log Cabin1965
• Busch-Kirby Building1988
• California Crossing1967
• Caruth Pioneer Cemetery1967
• Cedar Springs1936
• Cedar Springs1984
• Central National Road1968
• Charles Dilbeck Homes in Cochran Heights2013
• Cherokees in Dallas1968
• City of Dallas1986
• City of East Dallas1984
• Civilian Conservation Corps Company 28962004
• Cliff Temple Baptist Church1999
• Cochran Chapel Methodist Church1970
• Colonel C. C. Slaughter1988
• Colonel William G. Cooke1936
• Communications in Dallas1998
• Continental Gin Company Showroom Building1984
• Cox House1993
• Cristler-Rodgers House1989
• Crockett, John McClannahan1995
• Dallas Baby Camp2012
• Dallas City Hall, 1914-19781978
• Dallas County1986
• Dallas County1936
• Dallas County Criminal Courts Building1986
• Dallas County Records Building1985
• Dallas Hall (SMU)1979
• Dallas Scottish Rite Temple1978
• Dallas Symphony1993
• Dallas Zoo1988
• DeGolyer House1991
• Demonstration of the First Working Integrated Circuit1988
• Dr. Frank E. Rutherford Veterinary Hospital1999
• Dr. Marcellus Clayton Cooper2020
• Dr. Walter Ree McMillan2023
• Eagle Ford Community1989
• East Dallas Christian Church1982
• Everard Sharrock, Jr. Farmstead2016
• F.A. Brown Farm Home1976
• Fire and Lynchings of 18602018
• First Baptist Church1968
• First Baptist Church of Renner1982
• First Juries to Sit Women in Dallas County2008
• First United Methodist Church of Dallas1999
• Five Mile Cemetery2008
• Flippen Homestead and the Founding of Highland Park1990
• Frank Reagh1976
• Frankford2015
• Frankford Cemetery1981
• Freedman's Cemetery1993
• Garvin Memorial Cemetery1980
• General Richard M. Gano (C.S.A.)1963
• General Richard M. Gano House1975
• Giving Community Thanks1971
• Good Samaritan Hospital (Leland Avenue)2008
• Governor W. Lee O'Daniel1981
• Governor W. Lee O'Daniel1978
• Grace United Methodist Church1979
• Greenwood Cemetery1976
• Hall of Negro Life2021
• Hall of State1981
• Hamilton Park Community2016
• Harris-Savage Home2013
• Henry Keller2022
• Higginbotham-Bailey Building1984
• Higginbotham-Pearlstone Building1986
• Highland Oaks Church of Christ2005
• Highland Park Methodist Church1994
• Highland Park Methodist Church Building1994
• Hilton Hotel1988
• Hoblitzelle, Karl St. John1979
• Hockaday School1988
• Interstate Forwarding Company Warehouse1991
• James K. Polk Record1986
• James W. Latimer (Weck)1968
• Jane Elkins2021
• John C. McCoy1968
• John Goodwin Tower1998
• John Hickman Miller House1981
• John Neely Bryan, 1810-1877 and Margaret Beeman Bryan, 1825-19191978
• John Shelby Wisdom2000
• John W. Lane2004
• Joppee Community2015
• Juanita Craft House2010
• Juliette Abbey Peak Fowler1986
• Junction of the Texas & Pacific and Houston & Texas Central Railroads2008
• Kleberg1988
• L. Butler Nelson Cemetery2004
• La Prada Drive Church of Christ1997
• La Reunion Cemetery1974
• Lake Highlands Elementary School2008
• Leadbelly in Deep Ellum2008
• Letot Cemetery1984
• Lincoln High School2006
• Lisbon Cemetery1975
• Little Egypt2018
• Log Cabin Pioneers of Dallas County1986
• Love Field2002
• Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church2015
• Majestic Theatre1983
• Maple Avenue1994
• Marcus House2001
• Mark and Maybelle Lemmon House2006
• Martin Luther King Jr. at SMU2021
• McCree Cemetery1985
• Merrell Cemetery1985
• Merrifield Cemetery1981
• Miller Log Cabin1965
• Millermore1962
• Moorland YMCA Building2011
• Mount Calvary Cemetery1978
• Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church2019
• Mountain Creek Interurban Bridge2016
• Munger Avenue Baptist Church1989
• Munger Place Methodist Church1990
• Near Homesite of Belle Boyd1969
• Neiman-Marcus1982
• Nicholas Henry Darnell1986
• North Dallas High School2008
• Oak Cliff Cemetery1985
• Oak Cliff Masonic Lodge2014
• Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church1990
• Oak Cliff United Methodist Church1999
• Oakland Cemetery2023
• Oaklawn United Methodist Church1974
• Oath of Office of President Johnson1966
• Officer J.D. Tippit2012
• Old City Park1976
• Old Cumberland Hill School1971
• Old Red Courthouse1977
• Original Site of Neiman-Marcus1982
• Original Site of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dallas2002
• Parkland Hospital2010
• Pediatric Orthopedic Care in Texas2008
• Pierre Dusseau2003
• Pike Park1981
• Pioneer Cemetery1994
• Pleasant Grove Christian Church1986
• Pleasant Mound "Public" Cemetery1972
• Pleasant Mound Cemetery1992
• Pleasant Mound Methodist Church1990
• Reichenstein Home1984
• Reinhardt Elementary School1994
• Robert and Marie Stubbs House2001
• Robert E. Lee Park1991
• Rylie Cemetery1993
• Rylie Prairie1993
• Salem Institutional Baptist Church2022
• Samuel David Dealey, Jr.2015
• Scyene Road, Old1977
• Site of First Ferry and Bridge1968
• Site of Peacock Military Academy1984
• Site of Sanger Brothers Department Store1984
• Site of Scyene Meeting Place1976
• Sons of Hermann in Dallas2011
• South Boulevard-Park Row Historic District1981
• St. Matthew's Cathedral1977
• St. Paul United Methodist Church2013
• State Fair of Texas1969
• Steel Dust1971
• Stephen J. Hay School2007
• Swiss Avenue1977
• Temple Emanu-El Cemetery1989
• Tenth Street Historic District Freedmans Town2015
• Texas Centennial Exposition1988
• Texas School Book Depository Building, Formerly The1981
• Texas Theatre2013
• Texas Women in the Civil War, A Tribute to1964
• Texas' First Airmail and Passenger Service1965
• The Baptist Standard1989
• The Crossroads2017
• The Hord Log Cabin1962
• The Louis Wagner Home1979
• The Magnolia (Mobil) Building1978
• The McNab Grocery1979
• Thomas L. Bradford2006
• Trezevant Calhoun Hawpe1999
• Trinity Farms/Rancho Grande Cemetery1994
• Trinity Portland Cement Company Cemetery1991
• Trinity Presbyterian Church, USA1988
• Tueria Dell Marshall2005
• Turtle Creek Pump Station1983
• Tyler Street United Methodist Church1987
• Union Station1979
• Ursuline Academy1989
• W. P. Cochran Homeplace1976
• W.W. Glover Cemetery1983
• Warren Angus Ferris Cemetery1988
• Western Heights Cemetery1988
• Western Heights Church of Christ1972
• Wheatland Cemetery2008
• Wheatland Methodist Church1965
• White Rock Dam, Reservoir and Park2004
• White Rock Pump Station1989
• William B. Lipscomb Elementary School1986
• William Sidney Pittman2008
• Wilson Block1983
• Winnetka Heights1982
• Women's Suffrage in Dallas County2009
• Woodrow Wilson High School1989
• WRR Radio2002
• Zion Lutheran Church2006

Historical markers near Dallas

• Irving17 stories · 10 mi
• Farmers Branch10 stories · 11 mi
• Mesquite7 stories · 11 mi
• Richardson7 stories · 11 mi
• Garland13 stories · 12 mi
• Duncanville8 stories · 13 mi

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